Said Foundation - UCL Joint Scholarships

The Said Foundation Scholarships Programme aims to promote
education and development in the Middle East and to provide students and young
professionals with educational opportunities that will help their career development,
enable them to achieve impact in their professional fields and bring benefits
to others in their countries of origin.To these ends the Said Foundation and UCL offer joint scholarships to study for a one-year Master's degree in any subject at UCL.

Eligibility requirements:

Candidates must:

be of one of the Foundation's target nationalities: Jordanian, Lebanese, Syrian, or Palestinian (including
Palestinians inside Israel), and be permanently resident in one of those countries. (The Foundation can consider Syrians residing elsewhere due to current circumstances in Syria)

hold or expect to achieve the equivalent of a UK upper second class (2:1) degree or above

provide evidence of their leadership potential

provide evidence of proficiency in English

give details of
the courses for which they have applied

be prepared to sign a binding undertaking to return to one of the target countries for a set period following the funded studies in the UK.

Priority will be given to those applicants who have some work
experience, including that gained from voluntary or community activities, and who can demonstrate that their studies will benefit their field
of work on return to the Middle East.

Value, benefits and duration:

The Foundation will provide full or partial scholarships towards tuition fees and maintenance costs depending on the candidate's needs.

The scholarship is tenable for one year only.

Application procedure

For further details about these scholarships, other Said Foundation
funding and the application process, applicants should visit the Said Foundation website.

Deadline

The deadline for submission for the
2017/18 academic year is 01 November
2016, 23.59 UK time.

Decisions

The Foundation aims
to announce scholarship offers in April 2017.

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*NOTE: All scholarship and student funding schemes are subject to availability of funds, and details given here are subject to change at any time. Potential applicants are urged to check information regularly to ensure they are aware of current procedures, deadlines etc.